XBOX optical adapter

Abstract

An XBOX optical connector has a miniature phone plug at one end of an adapter cable. The phone plug plugs into a jack provided in a console connector that plugs into the console of an XBOX game machine. A semiconductor laser modulator optical transmitter that modulates digital audio signal data onto a laser light beam is provided. The optical transmitter is powered by 5 volts dc received from the game console. The digital audio signal data is received from the game console, is conducted by the adapter cable, and provided to a television set by means of an optical connector provided at the other end of the adapter cable.

We claim:  
     
       1. An XBOX optical adapter comprising: 
       a console connector;  
       a jack for receiving a miniature telephone plug mounted in said console connector;  
       a miniature telephone plug for plugging into said jack in said console connector;  
       a cable operatively connected to said miniature telephone plug for receiving digital audio data signals;  
       a terminating block containing an optical connector coupled to said cable; and  
       a semiconductor laser modulator optical transmitter mounted within said terminating block for modulating said digital audio data signals onto a laser light beam.